diff --git a/builtins.cpp b/builtins.cpp
index b5f65bf6..8b18529f 100644
--- a/builtins.cpp
+++ b/builtins.cpp
@@ -672,6 +672,7 @@ lSetInternalFunctions(llvm::Module *module) {
         "__cvt_loc2gen",
         "__cvt_loc2gen_var",
         "__cvt_const2gen",
+        "__puts_nvptx",
         "ISPCAlloc",
         "ISPCLaunch",
         "ISPCSync",
diff --git a/builtins/target-nvptx.ll b/builtins/target-nvptx.ll
index 415dfa4c..f2aca589 100644
--- a/builtins/target-nvptx.ll
+++ b/builtins/target-nvptx.ll
@@ -1616,7 +1616,7 @@ extract_insert(double, double)
 
 declare void @__assertfail(i64,i64,i32,i64,i64) noreturn;
 declare i32 @vprintf(i64,i64)
-define internal i32 @__puts_nvptx(i8*) alwaysinline
+define i32 @__puts_nvptx(i8*) alwaysinline
 {
   %str   = ptrtoint i8* %0 to i64
   %parm  = or i64 0, 0